‘We have encountered many gifted students with small hands who have had to overcome great difficulties when playing standard-sized keyboards. Their special needs frequently are ignored, misunderstood or underestimated by teachers who have never had to personally grapple with issues of hand size.’
Dr Lora Deahl, Texas Tech University, & Dr Brenda Wristen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 2003.
Universities
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, DS5.5® (7/8) keyboards in upright and grand pianos, and DS6.0® (15/16) keyboards in upright and grand pianos. http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Music.aspx
University of North Texas, Dallas, Texas: DS6.0® keyboards in upright and grand pianos. http://music.unt.edu/
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas: DS5.5® keyboards in grand pianos. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/music/
Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: DS6.0® keyboards in grand and upright pianos. http://www.salem.edu/music
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska: DS5.5® keyboards in grand pianos. https://arts.unl.edu/music
St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota: DS5.5® keyboard in grand piano. https://wp.stolaf.edu/music/
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin: DS5.5® and DS6.0® keyboards in grand pianos. http://www.music.wisc.edu/
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma: DS6.0® keyboards in grand and upright pianos.http://www.uco.edu/Cfad/academics/music/index.asp
Ohio University School of Music, Athens, Ohio: DS6.0® in upright piano. https://www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney, Australia. DS6.0® in grand piano. http://sydney.edu.au/music/
University of Memphis, Tennessee: DS6.0® keyboard in grand piano. https://www.memphis.edu/music/
The University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, has a DS5.5® keyboard, though it is currently not installed.
Performance venues
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada: DS.5® in Yamaha grand piano. https://www.banffcentre.ca/
Schools
Piano Preparatory Department of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: DS5.5® keyboards in upright and grand pianos. https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Music/WorkshopsAndSpecialPrograms/PianoPrep
Gray School of Music, Dallas, Texas: Dr Eri Yoshimura teaches on a DS5.5® in an upright piano.
http://grayschoolofmusic.com/groups/piano/
